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Orchestras of the Nation (Sat. 3 p.m., NBC). Radio premiere of John Powell's Symphony in A by the Detroit Symphony. Conductor: Karl Krueger...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Brahms's Symphony No. 4, Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, Debussy's La Mer. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy...
Mozart: Quartet in E Flat Major for piano and strings (George Szell, piano, with members of the Budapest String Quartet; Columbia, 6 sides). Although not one of his great quartets, this delightful, sparkling slice of Mozart is almost a miniature piano concerto. The Cleveland Orchestra's conductor gives a crisp but playful assist at the piano. Performance: excellent...
Boston Symphony (Tues. 9:30 p.m., ABC). Brahms's A German Requiem, with the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society. Soloist: Baritone James Pease. Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky...
Manhattan was just about the halfway mark in its schedule of 56 concerts in 57 days. Almost everywhere the San Franciscans have played to capacity audiences. Their biggest drawing card was their 72-year-old conductor, twinkle-eyed little Pierre ("Papa") Monteux, who was Serge Koussevitzky's predecessor in Boston 23 years ago. New York had seen him as guest conductor, but never with the orchestra he has led with distinction for twelve years. Some Manhattan critics found his orchestra weak in the strings and noisy in the brasses, but all praised Monteux' skilled, sensitive conducting...